[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law":3,"chapter-the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-974":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1544159,2006,"Chapter 974 - 974 968 Making Things Difficult","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-974",974,"\u003Cp>974: Chapter 968: Making Things Difficult 974: Chapter 968: Making Things Difficult “Aunt,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mother!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou and Lin Qianqing rose to their feet and paid their respects to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Lin nodded lightly and then signaled for them to sit down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re both here; I’ll speak plainly then.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Lin looked solemn and serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou couldn’t help but exchange a look with Lin Qianqing before becoming serious herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Qianqing, do you know why you were chosen to become King Jin’s wife?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qianqing looked at Madam Lin and said, “Isn’t this what you’ve always hoped for?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mother, just speak your mind.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Lin’s eyes were filled with sadness and reddened as she spoke excitedly, “No, Daya, you’ve been targeted by them for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since they wanted to bring your father into their fold, your marriage was set.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if it was not as the principal wife, you’d still be a consort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a consort is not as good as a principal wife, so mother did everything I could to ensure you’d be the principal wife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All things considered, it’s still your parents’ fault, as we had no choice.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qianqing silently lowered her head and said, “I understand, mother; I’ve come to terms with it, and you don’t need to blame yourself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s good that you understand,” Madam Lin said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Women like us are envied by others, but only we ourselves know the difficulties we face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Initially, I looked down on your father, considering him just a country bumpkin with a vulgar mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I cried, I made a scene, I fasted at home, I did everything, but eventually, I obediently married him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, I married him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thankfully, your father is a kind man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it had been someone else, my life might have been even harder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daya, do you understand what I’m telling you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I understand,” Lin Qianqing said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mother means to say that to lead a good life, satisfaction isn’t important, what matters is how one lives.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Right, that’s what I mean,” Madam Lin nodded lightly and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But if it were just any ordinary family, it would be fine, but it’s the Ducal Residence with King Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Empress has been ambitious since her youth, and she has been so her entire life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She won’t rest until she has fought for the throne for King Jin, and she will inevitably pull in your father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before, our family had no concerns; if we had to choose a faction, it didn’t matter who.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now that your cousin is to marry the Prince, the Empress doesn’t trust us like before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though we’re still on King Jin’s side, given her cunning, she won’t treat us the same as before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m worried she’ll implicate you and make your life difficult.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying this, she turned her gaze toward Gu Youyou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou forced a smile and said, “Aunt, aren’t you afraid I might say something to the Prince after hearing all this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou felt that such matters should have been discussed privately with Lin Qianqing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madam Lin looked at Gu Youyou in silence and after a moment sighed, “All the things you’ve been hiding from me, are just hidden from me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I know all about them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without your uncle’s tacit consent, the Prince wouldn’t dare to climb over our walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t want to know about the affairs between you two, especially now that they’re in such disarray.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lin Xingyi has been keeping secrets, which ultimately shows he doesn’t trust me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In my heart, I’m oriented towards Qianqing and the Ducal Residence, but I’m also a woman of the Lin Family, and I understand the principles I should follow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t avoid you because I trust you, and I believe that no matter what, you won’t harm the Lin Family.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a woman of the Lin Family, no matter what she did, she wouldn’t harm the Lin Family either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou remained silent, looking toward Lin Qianqing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qianqing forced a smile with difficulty and said, “Mother, cousin, don’t you know me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regardless, I don’t care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s useless for them to make things difficult for me.”\u003C\u002Fp>",690,"2026-06-06T06:55:01.727Z",1,"novelbin.me","117de51f0a77a9c70a307ab210133748070531c1e585a402f9280f4085c8d9d2","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-975","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-973",1812,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-cover.jpg"]